Fela Kuti – Mr Follow Follow
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Fela Kuti’s Mister Follow Follow was released in 1976/77 on the Zombie album.
“…if you dey follow them book! Na inside cupboard you go quench!… Cockroach dey! Rat dey!… Na inside darkness you go dey! If you have to follow them books, you have to read with some sense, see with your eyes and hear […]
Fela Kuti – Gentleman (LP)
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1973’s “Gentleman” is the 7th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues.
Like Fela’s other early 70’s releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism. Gentleman is the […]
Anelis – Sonhando Feat. Karina Buhr
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Normally existing between rap, downtempo and Brazilian influences, Anelis Assumpção samples Fela Kuti’s “Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the Boss” on this song featuring Karina Buhr.
Fela Kuti… is the Boss…
The original song appears in 1975 on the “Excuse-O” EP.
It was first re-issued in 2001 as part of a “compilation” with an other EP [...]
Fela, Music & Revolution
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In Africa, music cannot be for enjoyment.
Music has to be for revolution.
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti and the Afrika 70 released “Colonial Mentality” in 1977 following an attack on the Kalakuta Republic by the Nigerian army. In it, he urges unity among African people and the pursuit of genuine independence.
Approximately 1,000 Nigerian soldiers surrounded […]
Tony Allen – Afrobeat Revolution
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The Afrobeat Revolution started in Lagos at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in 1963 when Tony Allen met Fela Kuti.
Allen was working as studio engineer at the time and Kuti had been hired as a disc jockey with his own jazz request programme.
The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen is credited with creating Afrobeat along with […]
Fela Kuti – Lady
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Fela Kuti’s 1972 classic, “Lady.”
Shakara is a two-track release of 13-minute songs that showcase Fela’s satirical side. “Lady,” perhaps one of Fela’s most popular tracks, criticizes westernized African women who he felt had been corrupted by their embrace of the new feminist movement of the time.
“Shakara” is another lyrically lambasting track that takes […]
Franck Biyong – Fe Bain
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From album Ki I Ye Yi (“The one who doesn’t know knows” in Basaa language) by Franck Biyong.
“Fe Bain, also known as Fai Mbu, is a frantic cover of a track produced by Manu Dibango for the great Cameroon singer & trombonist Francis Ndom, for the 1982 ‘Fleurs Musicales du Cameroon‘ compilation.” […]
Afro Baby
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Compilation “Afro Baby – The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-1979.”
Nigeria in the 1970s had one of the biggest recording industries on the continent as well as one of the most diverse. The fusion of African rhythms and culture with jazz, funk, soul and rock was an Africa wide phenomenon but nowhere was […]
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Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
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"Sonbonbela" is the third album by Mandingo Band, recorded at the end of 2022 with Baba Commandant in Burkina Faso.
The group continue to hone their trademark fusion of Mandingue and afro-beat styles. The Band are a hit machine, sculpting seven new tracks […], Fela inspired groovers dusted out in the Sahel zone, rather than the humidity […]
Fela Kuti Special
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This post “Fela Kuti Special” is a selection of documentaries on the life, music and political commitment of the great Nigerian musician (born on this day October 15, 1938). How did he evolve from Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the man with “death in his pouch.” […]
Fela Kuti – Birth Anniversary
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This is the anniversary of Fela Kuti‘s birth (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997).
Regarded, with Tony Allen, as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, he was referred to as one of Africa’s most “challenging and charismatic music performers,” at the height of his popularity.
Originally recorded in 1971 by Fela Kuti’s band, Africa 70, […]
Fela @ Lekki Sunsplash
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The 2 first tracks below were recorded live in 1994, with Egypt 80, at a concert in Lagos, Nigeria, probably at Lekki Sunsplash (Lekki Beach).
See Discogs for more info on this unofficial release titled “Chief Priest Fela Anikulapo Kuti.”
The 3rd track is described as recorded live at the Shrine in Lagos.
With over two dozen […]
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997)
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A video essay on Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most political musical icon, directed by Akinola Davies Jr, including interviews with Seun & Femi Kuti.
Spoken word and music by Nigerian musician Obongjayar.
"The death of his mum too really broke him."
One Day Go Be One Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVWFBcjfY0M
"Death is not Silence"
Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife
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“Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93” is a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques. A period of movement [...]
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Nigeria Afrobeat Special
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Compilation “Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970’s Nigeria”
#Bénin #Compilation #FelaKuti #Nigeria #OrlandoJulius #AfroBeat
